Republic of the Philippines

Romblon State University

Romblon, Philippines

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Subject Code: ME 3212

Subject Name: Fluid Machinery
Program: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
2nd Semester, A.Y. 2021-2022
CREDIT UNITS: 3 UNITS
PREREQUISITES: FLUID MECHANICS

Engr. Marjohn Lucidos

Subject Teacher

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Module 5.1
Fans & Blowers

Example 4:
A fan delivers 4.7 m3/s at a static pressure of 5.08 cm of water when operating at a speed of 400
rpm. The power input required is 2.963 kW. If 7.05 m 3/s are desired in the same fan and
installation, finds the pressure in cm of water.

Solution:
Q H P
ℎ2 𝑁2 2 1 2 3 N
= (𝑁 )
ℎ1 1 3 2 5 D
ℎ2 𝑁2 2 0 1 1 ρ
= ( )
5.08 𝑐𝑚 400 𝑟𝑝𝑚
𝑄2 𝑁2
=
𝑄1 𝑁1
𝑚3
7.05 𝑠 𝑁 2
𝑚3
= 400 𝑟𝑝𝑚
4.7 𝑠
N2 = 600 rpm

ℎ2 600 𝑟𝑝𝑚 2
= (400 𝑟𝑝𝑚)
5.08 𝑐𝑚

h2 = 11.43 cm of water

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Example 5:
A boiler requires 75,000 m3/hr of standard air. What is the motor power if fan can deliver a total
pressure of 145 mm of water gauge. The mechanical efficiency of fan is 64%.

Solution:

𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑟
efan =
𝑃𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟
𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑟
𝑃𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟 =
e𝑓𝑎𝑛

Pair = γair Q h
ρa ha = ρw hw
𝜌𝑤 ℎ𝑤 (1000 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3) (0.145 𝑚)
ha = = = 120.833 m of air
𝜌𝑎 1.2 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3

𝑘𝑔 𝑚 𝑚3 1 ℎ𝑟 𝑁−𝑚
Pair = γair Q h = (1.2 𝑚3 𝑥 9.81 𝑠2
) ( 75,000
ℎ𝑟
𝑥 3600 𝑠
) (120.833 𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑖𝑟) = 29,634.293
𝑠
or watts
Pair = 29.634 kW

29.634 𝑘𝑊
𝑃𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑟 = = 46.303 kW
.64

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